The Court stands against any winds that blow as havens of refuge for those who might otherwise suffer because they are helpless, weak, outnumbered, or because they are nonconforming victims of prejudice or public excitement.
The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. - Hugo Black
The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.
- Hugo Black
The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enem… - Hugo Black
The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enem…
The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional. - Hugo Black
The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional.
The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Govern… - Hugo Black
The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Govern…
Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak … - Hugo Black
Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak …
The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protect… - Hugo Black
The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protect…
A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion. - Hugo Black
A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion.
Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind. - Hugo Black
Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind.
There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has. - Hugo Black
There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.
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